Tale of the tape: Red Sox vs. Rockies

Since the World Series kicks off Wednesday night, I thought it would be appropriate to break out a good old-fashioned tale of the tape between the Boston Red Sox and Colorado Rockies:

City
Red Sox: Boston
Rockies: Denver
Edge: Push. Both great cities to visit and play in.

City alias
Red Sox: Beantown
Rockies: The Mile-High City
Edge: Rockies. Beans may be the musical fruit, but not in this case.

State
Red Sox: Massachusetts
Rockies: Colorado
Edge: Rockies. The East Coast is nice, but in surveys I'm always a mountain guy instead of oceans and Rhode Island transplants.

Inaugural season
Red Sox: 1901
Rockies: 1993
Edge: Red Sox. Baseball is the History Channel of sports. Plus, about a year after the Rockies debuted the sport went on strike. Coincidence or jinx? You decide.

Home stadium
Red Sox: Fenway Park
Rockies: Coors Field
Edge: Red Sox. Coors Field is nice, but Fenway has the history, the charm and the Green Monster.

Other pro teams
Red Sox: Bruins, Celtics, Patriots
Rockies: Avalanche, Broncos, Nuggets
Edge: Boston. Although the Bruins may be suffering from middle-child syndrome thanks to the Pats' perfect start and the Celts' new kids in town (Kevin Garnett, Ray Allen).

Retired legend
Red Sox: Larry Bird
Rockies: John Elway
Edge: Push. Bird may have been the Basketball Jesus in Boston, but Elway was Captain Comeback in Denver. (Why, they're two superheroes away from a Sports Justice League.)

Infamous event
Red Sox: Boston Tea Party
Rockies: Kobe Bryant sexual assault case
Edge: Push. The Boston Tea Party may have led to the American independence, but that Kobe thing was big news a few years back. Tough call there.

Money pit
Red Sox: Big Dig
Rockies: Denver International Airport
Edge: Denver. DIA eventually fixed its problems; the Big Dig has been a black hole for reportedly more than $14 billion. Or roughly the next contract for Alex Rodriguez.

The call: Well, the not-so-close final tally of 9-3-3 clearly favors the Red Sox in, oh, let's say six games. The Rockies may have the mojo flowing with that 212-out-of-213 streak, but the breakdown doesn't lie.